GOLF
Dutch Women Open: Diksha finishes tied-Ninth, Hitaashee tied-Twelfth
Indian golfer Diksha Dagar got here up with regular 71 within the last spherical to complete tied-Ninth with an general rating of 4-under 212 within the Dutch Women Open, part of the Women European Tour, in Hilversum, Netherlands.
It was the 24-year-old Diksha’s fourth top-10 end as she produced rounds of 71, 70 and 71 over three days.
Behind Diksha, who has been on the Women European Tour (LET) since 2019, have been rookies Hitaashee Bakshi (71-73-69) at tied-Twelfth, and Avani Prashanth (77-70-67) at t-Nineteenth.
England’s Mimi Rhodes continued her sensational rookie season to say her third LET title. She completed two pictures away from the sphere on the Goyer Golf & Nation Membership.
Diksha bogeyed as soon as on the entrance 9 however flourished on the again 9 as she birdied the tenth, Twelfth and 18th holes.
In between, she dropped a bogey on the sixteenth. Her plan is to get at the very least one win forward of her dwelling occasion, the Hero Indian Open.
Hitaashee, enjoying her first LET occasion outdoors India, had an eagle on the Par-4 eighth apart from three birdies and one bogey.
Avani, who started the week with a 77, produced an excellent 5-under 67 with 5 birdies and no bogeys for the joint second-best rating of the day.
Tvesa Malik (74-75) missed the reduce and Pranavi Urs withdrew as a consequence of medical causes after the primary spherical.
-PTI
TABLE TENNIS
New junior desk tennis league launched to develop grassroots
In a bid to foster sports activities growth on the grassroots degree, Dream Sports activities Basis (DSF), the philanthropic arm of Dream Sports activities, at the moment introduced an unique partnership with Final Desk Tennis (UTT).
Because the Youth Improvement companion, DSF will launch the inaugural Dream UTT Juniors, a U-15 Desk Tennis event curated to supply skilled league expertise to rising desk tennis expertise.
The inaugural Dream UTT Juniors can be held alongside the sixth version of the Final Desk Tennis league in Ahmedabad from Could 29 to June 8, 2025.
As a part of the Dream UTT Juniors, the highest eight boys and eight women from the not too long ago concluded Dream Sports activities Championship Desk Tennis 2025 have been drafted into the eight franchises of UTT.
-Staff Sportstar
SQUASH
Nationwide Doubles Squash Championship to be performed in Chennai from Could 20-23
The Squash Rackets Federation of India (SRFI) on Monday introduced that the HCL Nationwide doubles squash championship can be held from Could 20 to 23 on the Indian Squash Academy (ISA) in Chennai.
The event will characteristic India’s high squash skills – together with Abhay Singh, Velavan Senthilkumar, Joshna Chinappa, and Anahat Singh – competing for a complete prize cash of INR 3,30,000. The occasion will function a platform to pick gamers to signify India on the Asian squash doubles championships, tentatively scheduled for July 4 to 7.
Cyrus Poncha, SRFI Secretary-Normal, mentioned, “The Nationwide doubles championship performs a significant position in grooming expertise for worldwide competitors.
“With sturdy performances final yr, we’re optimistic about India’s possibilities on the Asian championships. This event displays our continued dedication to selling excellence in squash.”
High seeds:
Males: 1. Abhay Singh and Velavan Senthilkumar; 2. Rahul Baitha and Suraj Chand.
Ladies: 1. Anahat Singh and Joshna Chinappa; 2. R. Pooja Arthi and Rathika Suthanthira Seelan.
Blended: 1. Abhay Singh and Anahat Singh; 2. Velavan Senthilkumar and Joshna Chinappa; 3. Rahul Baitha and Anjali Semwal; 4. Suraj Chand and Pooja Arthi.
– Staff Sportstar
ESPORTS
S8UL unveils full roster for Esports World Cup 2025
Indian esports organisation S8UL Esportsannounced its full roster throughout eight titles on the Esports World Cup (EWC) 2025, set to happen in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia from July 7 to August 24.
The organisation accomplished its roster by coming into Deadly Fury with the signing of Peruvian-American combating sport veteran Marcoantonio Malpica (Yurikov).
S8UL full roster for EWC 2025
Apex Legends: Rick Wirth (Sharky), Benjamin Spaseski (Jesko) and Tom Canty (Legacy)
Name of Responsibility: Warzone: Colin Bowers-Wilson (Trikempathy), Braxton Trice (Braxtvn), and Ryder Skarzinski (Ryda)
Chess: Nihal Sarin and Aravindh Chithambaram
EAFC25: Jonas Wirth (Jonny) and Aaron Rivera (Blissful)
Deadly Fury: Marcoantonio Malpica (Yurikov)
Cell Legends Bang Bang: Michael Cosgun (MobaZane), Ian Hohl (FwydChickn), Jang Seong-hun (Hoon), Ziameth-Jei Caluya (ZIA), Vo Trung (Shark), and Carlos Ortega Vega (Bestplayer1)
Starcraft II: Pyung Jae Koh (GuMiho)
Tekken 8: Arja Gamoori (Sephiblack) and Nino Schwarz (Nino)
-Staff Sportstar
TENNIS
Junior Davis Cup: Indian boys lose to Uzbekistan in opening spherical
The Indian boys stumbled to a 1-2 defeat to Uzbekistan within the opening league match of the Asia-Oceania Junior Davis cup under-16 tennis event in Shymkent, Kazakhstan, on Monday.
Tavish Pahwa put India again on monitor after Prakaash Sarran had misplaced the primary singles. Nevertheless, within the doubles Tavish and Prakaash have been overwhelmed 10-6 within the tremendous tie-break.
Seventh-seeded India will subsequent play third seed Korea, which opened with a 3-0 victory over Malaysia, dropping three video games in all whereas successful six units.
The outcomes:
Uzbekistan bt India 2-1 (Makmudbhek Beknazarov bt Prakaash Sarran 6-2, 6-0; Akmal Abdullaev misplaced to Tavish Pahwa 4-6, 3-6; Akmal & Makhmudbek bt Tavish & Prakaash 6-1, 6-7(3), [10-6]).
– Kamesh Srinivasan
BOXING
India’s Faizan Anwar beats Ghana’s Kpakpo in Tremendous Fighter Collection
India’s Faizan Anwar secured a dominant victory over Ghana’s Kpakpo Allotey of their 10-round welterweight worldwide skilled boxing conflict, the principle occasion of the Tremendous Fighter Collection 3, right here.
The Dubai-based Anwar, who’s initially from Kolkata, despatched the group into an applause after each spherical as Bengaluru witnessed an intense combat hosted by Grassroot Boxing and Crown Boxing.
Ukraine’s Danylo Honcharu received the WBA Asia Center-East Tremendous Light-weight title after Ruslan Kamilov of Dagestan retired in Spherical 3 and a Technical Knock Out was awarded to the Ukrainian.
In different supporting contests, F. Zoramchhana of Mizoram beat the Bengaluru-based Harsh Saroha by way of a unanimous resolution whereas one other Bangalore primarily based pro-boxer, Kamla Roka, additionally took a unanimous resolution win over Mehakpreet of Punjab.
Rohit Choudhary, Aman Bahadur and Ritesh Singh Bisht additionally received their respective bouts.
Within the girls’s class, Rani Devi of Haryana defeated Aleksandra Sitnikova of Belarus by way of a unanimous resolution.
-PTI